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In Someone Else’s Shoes Remember when you saw that amazing character in that improv show and you thought “Why can’t I do that?” Ever wanted to be someone else, even if it’s just for a few minutes? Well, you can! I will be sharing my love of creating memorable (and

joy /dʒɔɪ/ noun 1. a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. This workshop is all about finding the pure joy that can be had from improv, both as a participant and a spectator. I will be inviting you to loosen up, abandon your self-consciousness and the constraints of the real

This week’s drop-in: Knowing Me, Knowing You (Aha!) Brought to you by Parky. How many scenes have you witnessed where more than half of it deals with the two people actually meeting for the first time? Saying ‘hello’, finding out what people’s names are, and how they are doing is

This week’s drop-in: You’re The Voice Brought to you by Parky. There are lots of different ways of creating interesting characters in improv. You can be inspired by your scene partner, inspired by the name you’re given, or inspired by a particular emotion or physical trait. One fun way to

Exciting news everyone! We’re throwing a weekend devoted to learning the legendary, mysterious and exhilarating Harold. It’s the improv show format created by Del Close and Charna Halpern in Chicago and has become the signature form of Improv Olympic (iO) and Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), the two biggest homes of improvised theatre anywhere.

Great News For Derby POSTPONED – KEEP YOUR EYES BRIGHT FOR UPDATES! We’re delighted to announce our first improv comedy course in Derby! In association with Furthest From The Sea Comedy & Arts at The Maypole we’re bringing the joy of improvisational theatre to you. The course runs right up to the

We Want You To have fun, express yourself and learn how to create unique, amazing and spontaneous theatre. We’ll take you through a six week course designed to prime your improvising mind with exercises, games and practice. Maybe you’ve done some improv before but would like the chance to be focussed like a

The next Improv Comedy Beginners course starts on Monday! This is a complete introduction to the skills and fun of improv comedy. Your teachers will be Marilyn and Ben, two of our finest improvisers, as seen each month at The Glee Club for MissImp in Action. Over the six week course we’ll teach

The next Improv Comedy Beginners course starts on Monday! This is a complete introduction to the skills and fun of improv comedy. Your teachers will be Marilyn and Ben, two of our finest improvisers, as seen each month at The Glee Club for MissImp in Action. Over the six week course we’ll teach

Stuff To Do Next Week The year spins round to the Nottingham Comedy Festival once more and the eight days from 19th to the 27th September are as full as ever. Check out the full line up here. As ever we’re contributing a few bouts of entertainment ourselves – Pub Poetry

Bringing Improv Comedy To Derby This Saturday we’re defying the gods of fire who rained destruction on the Assembly Rooms last month (they had to cancel the gig and everything) – we’re bringing an introductory crash course in improved comedy to Derby instead. Based in the Club Rooms (in the arches of the

Improvisation – A Skill For Life There are thousands of courses out there to develop yourself professionally and personally. Some are fun, some are focussed intently on one narrow aspect of information management. There are a handful of skills which you can apply to everything you do and which will

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Reviews

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The Metro

“Local improv heroes.”

LeftLion

“Charmed the audience through their enthusiasm and humour.”

“Unique performances that have the audience in stitches.”

Nottingham Evening Post

“Totally bizarre, funny and enthralling. Staggeringly brave. An entertaining set of characters, some great one-liners: incredibly satisfying.”

Reyt Good Magazine

“One of the best comedy nights I have ever been to.”

Three Weeks

“Fun, inclusive improv. Their patent talent is refreshing, the pace never slackens.”

Impact

“A whirlwind of different locations and characters, with funny and gloriously bizarre scenarios rolling straight off of the tip of the performers’ tongues to come to life milliseconds after they’d been thought up.”